Beach Bum

Here is one of the great things about Seattle (and it could also be said of Yucaipa)... This weekend we went to the beach. Last weekend we went to the mountains. What a great place to have both available. Granted, it was still pretty cold, but the natives were there in their beach attire and many of them were even in the water. There were even some tan people there - but I'm sure that had to be fake-n-bake. You can see below what a real Seattle tan looks like.

Madilyn loved the dirt and the rocks, and the dirt... We had to remind ourselves that part of going to the beach for kids is getting dirty.She wasn't such a fan of the swing.But she did love playing in the water with her dad.

We're off to California next week. Even more pics to come! (Lucky you!)

Tagged by CQ

Ok, Here is the info from Kassie's tag.

TAG

1. Pick up the nearest book

2. Open to page 123

3. Find the 5th sentence

4. Post the next 3 sentences

5. Tag 3 people & acknowledge who tagged you

Here we go...

The book is Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, not because anyone is reading it, but because Madilyn loves to pull books off of the shelf - loves it.

The other option was Teachings of President Spencer W. Kimball - unfortunately I don't think anyone is reading that one either... oops.

"I found myself similar, yet at the same time strangely unlike to the beings concerning whom I read and to whose conversation I was a listener. I symapthized with and partly understood them, but I was uninformed in mind;I was dependent on none and related to none."

We'll pretend a semicolon makes three. So thanks to Kassie and let's tag Melissa, Thom and Emily. Those are my most readery friends. :)

Mountain Man

Ryan played tour guide this weekend. He planned a hike on Mount Blanchard for us - and it was great. We got up to the scenic view point and it was one of the prettiest views I've ever seen.


I don't think the pictures do it justice. It was beautiful. We got there just in time to see this guy take off.

We talked to his friend who said they stay up for hours if the wind is right.
Afterwards we took a little hike and considered ourselves to really be getting into the Seattle spirit.

Moodys and Baseball

D-Mood and his cute wife Lori (Mrs. D-Mood) came into Seattle on Friday for a Mariner's game and they let us tag along with them. I know it is hard to imagine Darran and Ryan at a baseball game, but I have the pictures to prove it.

Ryan said it was best that Lori and I sat in the middle because then he and Darran would be less likely to ignore us (and speak their mission language of foul balls, home runs and closers).Madilyn must have inherited the baseball gene from her father, because she made it through all nine innings. The next morning we went to Pike Place market for breakfast and walked down by the pier.

This is the group shot.

The Spjut family shot. And the Moody family shot. And in August they'll have their own little girl in their family picture.

Lots of fun. Thanks Moodys!